Exclusives
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Russia’s An-series military transports were designed in Kyiv — and Moscow’s leaked documents show 143 of its 368 military Antonovs need urgent repair. Internal Aviaremont files obtained by Dallas show Russia's primary repair plant for Ukrainian-designed military transports has spent all its government contract advances, cannot source parts, and was borrowing money to pay wages as of January 2026. |
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Russia couldn’t take out Ukraine’s electricity. Now it wants the water.. After failing to freeze Ukraine with energy strikes, Moscow has shifted its sights—Kyiv isn’t waiting. |
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Satellites alone don’t explain Iran’s nine-fold jump in strike accuracy — InformNapalm says Russian SOF doctrine does. Iran's missile hit rate rose from 3% to 27% in weeks. The data transfer was real, but without Russian SOF closing the loop between reconnaissance and fires, those numbers don't move that fast. |
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Vladislav Inozemtsev: A collapse is not imminent. Economist Vladislav Inozemtsev on oil windfalls, Ukrainian strikes, and why the war will be won on the ground |
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“Will not be tolerated” – UK exposes Russian spy submarine operation targeting its undersea cables. A decoy Akula and two GUGI mini-sub carriers operated covertly north of Britain before the Royal Navy intervened. |
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Moldova formally exits Russia’s post-Soviet CIS as Sandu signs withdrawal decrees. President Sandu's decrees complete a break that parliament voted through on 2 April. |
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France calls Hungary a traitor as recordings reveal Szijjártó fed Lavrov closed EU summit intel. Hungary's FM Szijjártó briefed Lavrov during EU summits, offered to send EU docs via Budapest's Moscow embassy, and coordinated sanctions obstruction. |
Military
Withdrawing from Donbas would give Russia a free path to Kharkiv and Dnipro, Zelenskyy warns. New fortifications would take up to 18 months to build – and still couldn't match the protection of urban terrain Ukraine currently holds.
Russia's Black Sea oil hub resumes loading amid sustained Ukrainian drone campaign. One berth active at Russia's biggest Black Sea crude hub, with full recovery timeline unclear.
Ukraine strikes two Russian oil platforms in the Caspian Sea, nearly 1,000 km from the front. Kyiv says the platforms supply fuel and lubricants to Russian forces, making them legitimate military targets.
Ukraine destroys S-300V and drone command post in coordinated Zaporizhzhia strike. Ukraine destroys Russian S-300V system and drone command post in Zaporizhzhia in a coordinated multi-phase operation involving drones and the Air Force.
Ukraine hits oil-pumping station on route to Russia's biggest Black Sea export port, triggering fire. The Krymskaya station pumps crude toward Novorossiysk.
"If we don't hit them in the face, they will hit us and won't feel what war is" – Zelenskyy on Ukraine's energy strikes. Ukraine will keep targeting Russian energy infrastructure until Moscow stops hitting Ukraine's own, the president says.
Promised in 2023. Grounded in Belgium. Norway's F-16s still haven't reached Ukraine. A Western advisor says the jets were urgently needed this winter – and could have saved lives.
Ukraine's drone forces destroy 9th Tor-M1 in 9 days in occupied Donetsk Oblast. Russia uses the Tor-M1 to shield frontline positions — USF says that makes it a priority target.
Intelligence and technology
Russia building a 165,000-strong drone army. We cannot afford to stop — Syrskyi says. Ukraine's drone units have neutralized more Russian personnel than Moscow recruits for four straight months, Commander-in-Chief said, as intelligence data shows Russia racing to triple its unmanned troop numbers by year's end.
International
Trump tells Hungary to vote Orbán two days before election as polls show opposition surging. Trump backed Orbán 2 days before Hungary votes, calling him a "true friend" and "winner."
Ukraine to fix Druzhba pipeline this spring, Zelenskyy says. Zelenskyy says Ukraine will finish Druzhba pipeline repairs this spring under an EU deal, but won't guarantee transit safety against future Russian strikes.
Dmitriev arrives in Washington as Russia's sanctions clock ticks toward April 11, Reuters reports. Russia's envoy Dmitriev is in the US as a 30-day oil sanctions waiver expires 11 April, Reuters reports. Peace deal talks also on the agenda.
From Kyiv's skies to the Gulf: Ukraine trades drone war expertise for diesel and interceptors. Ukraine shot down Iranian Shaheds in multiple Middle East countries, Zelenskyy says, as Kyiv opens security talks with Oman, Kuwait, and Bahrain.
Pentagon called in Vatican's top US diplomat over Pope's anti-war remarks, media reports. The Pentagon summoned Pope Leo XIV's Vatican envoy over his anti-war remarks. Sources describe a "bitter lecture."
German AfD party will expel from its ranks a Chechen who advocates for Germany's "unity" with Russia. A Chechen-born influencer Murad Dadaev met Kadyrov-linked officials, trained with a Kalashnikov, and gifted a Wehrmacht swastika dagger during a Chechnya trip.
Humanitarian and social impact
Russia strikes apartments in Konotop, Sloviansk, and Odesa, wounding three women. Three women wounded in Sloviansk, residential buildings hit in Sumy and Odesa oblasts as Russia deploys Shahed, Gerber, and Italmas drones across nine regions overnight.
"Incapable to proceed": man who killed Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska ruled incompetent. DeCarlos Brown, accused of stabbing Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte train, has been found mentally unfit for trial, stalling death penalty proceedings backed by Trump.
Political and legal developments
"Cultural propagandists" – Ukraine sanctions five Russian participants in the Venice Biennale. The five include a Rostec arms executive's daughter appointed pavilion commissioner and Putin's envoy who called the war "an important historical moment."
Russia dismissed Ukraine's Easter truce offer – then declared its own days later. A year ago, Russia declared the same kind of ceasefire – and violated it more than 2,000 times.
Russia has no war goal and Putin is a "Punchinello," says ex-DNR "governor" who vowed to exterminate Ukrainians. A former neo-Nazi paramilitary member who once threatened to kill up to five million Ukrainians now says Russia has no idea what it is fighting for — and faces an administrative case for criticizing the army he joined.
"It will be very difficult for us until September" – Zelenskyy on possible paths for peace talks. Zelenskyy warns of a difficult spring–summer ahead, citing an August US political deadline and two possible Russian paths: escalation or peace talks.
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